PAGE 8, WEDNISSDAY, NMAY 13. P)I 9 .Wl IITIï3Y FREL PRESS Whtby student tops at science f air Whitby's own answer to Albert Einstein, the father of the theory of relativity, Wayne Conrad, walked away with three top honors at this year's annual Durhamn Regional Science Fair. Conrad, a grade 13 student at Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and his science fair project entitled "The effects of small air ions on huma n psychology and physiology and on microbial growth and development" won the Durham College Faculty Association award for the best experimental procedures, the first place award for senior biology and the grand prize for the best project of' the 184 entries. The Brooklin youth will represent the Durham Region at the Canada-Wide Science Fair for the third time this year. In 1978, Conrad teamed-up with Lloyd Hutchinson and won the environmental design award for their solar powered vehicle, "the car of the future."- Conrad's project, "acid ramn-causes, effects and an electrostatic solution", won the bronze medal for physics, the Electrostatic Society of America award and the ShelI Canada Award for the best project overal in 1980. This year's winning project deals with electricity in the air and how it affects people and microbes. He discovered thaý negatîve air ions are good THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATES FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS UN.,ONTARIO For persans employed in the harvesting of fruit, vegetables or tobacco, new Minimum Wage rates wiII go into effect June lst, 1981.' A further increase wiIl go into effeot April 1, 1982. Effective Effective MINIMUM WAGE June 1, 1981 April 1, 1982 Aduit $ 3.30 $ 3.50 Student* $ 2.45 $ 2.65 *Students under 18 who work 28 hours per week or Iess during the school term or work full time during sohool holidays. ALLOWANCES (weekly) Room Meals (each) (weekly) Room and Meals Housing Housing (serviced) $1 5.00 $ 1.30 $27.00 $42.00 $36.00 $48-00 $1 7.00 $ 1.40 $29-00 $46.00 $39-00 %-"L52.00 Additional information may be obtained from the Employment Standards Branch, Ontario Ministry of Labour, in the following cities: TORONTO 400 University Avenue M7A1lV2 Tel: (416) 965-5251 KINGSTON 1055 Princess Street K7L 1H3 Tel: (613) 542-2853 OTTAWA 2197 Riverside Drive K1H 7X3 Tel (613) 523-7530 SUDBURY 199 Larch Street P3E 5P9 Tel: (705) 615-4455 WINDSOR 500 Oueîlette Avenue N9AlB3 Tel: (519) 256-8278 HAMILTON 1 West Avenue South L8N 2R9 Tel: (416) 527-2951 KITCHENER 824 King Street West N2G1lG1 Tel: (519) 744-8101 ST. CATHARINES 205 King Street L2R 3J5 Tel: (416) 682-7261 THUNDER BAY 435 James Street South PiE 6E3 Tel: (807) 475-1691 KENORA 808 Robert son Street P9N1lX9 Tel: (807) 468-3128 LONDON 205 Oxford Street East N6A 5G6 Tel: (519) 439-3231 SAULT STE. MARIE 390 Bay Street P6A 1X2 Tel: (705) 949-3331 TIMMINS 273 Third Avenue P4N 1 E2 Tel: (705) 261-6231 For toll f ree numbers check the government listings in your local telephone directory. Ministry of Labour .5 Ontaria Employment Standards Branch for humans because they reduce bortem in the air as well as lowering human pressure and reflexes. improving Anderson Collegiate and Vocational Institute student Wayne Conrad is seen here with his most recent science fair display "The Effects of Small Air Ions on Human Psychology and Physiology and on Microbial Growth and Development. " Conrad captured the Durham College award for the best experimental procedures, the first place award for senior biology and the grand prize for the best project of any of the 184 displays at this year's Durham Regional Science Fair. - Photo by Keith Wick qUi6# S' MP RE e eVIGTO custom mode m"kr samg>.-at budg giices. Diop in and leu us whai o wan - 2..1 HRWDAVS* E.~5 Conrad compiled 14 volumes of statistically ver- ified data on the subjeet over the past year. When he is not involved with compiling and resear- ching new science fair projeets, Conrad is involved with the school debating team, yearbook production and the chess club. He is also a member sargent in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets 151 Chadburn Squadron, where he is a recruit and flying in- structor. Conrad acts as the foun- ding chairman of the National Student Science Council, a non-profit organization which provides science students with resource materials. The Anderson student hopes to go on to University this year to study pre-med and electrical engineering. It is his wish to eventually become a doctor of medicine, specializing in some branch of neurology. Dis abled direectory compiled In recognition of the In- ternational Year of the Disabled Person, the Whitby Public Library information centre has compiled a direc- tory of the organizations in the Whitby area which provide services to the disabled. The directory lists more than 45 organizations direc- tly involved with handicap- ped persons with namnes, ad- dresses and telephone num- bers of people to contact as well as an outline of their service. Anyone wanting a copy of the directory should contact the information centre at 668-6541. A small fee to cover expenses will be charged. THECORPORATIONQOFTHE TOWN OF WHITBY SPRING CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN MAY 19TH To MAY 22ND, 1981 1»Brush, hedging, tree branches, and other similar type material will be picked up during the Spring Clean-Up Week. The material must not be cut any longer than 2112 teet in length and securely bundled. Loose material and longer material WILL NOT BE PICKED Up. 2. Household furniture, appliances. clothing, rubbish, resulting from the cleaning Up of the grounds, or f rom MINOR household repairs, domestic waste materials such as paper, rags. cartons. packing cases and bottles will be picked up. 3. Collection will be limited to a combined total of NOT MORE THAN 12 RECEP- TACLES OR BUNDLES per dwelling unit. 4. Each bundie or receptacle to have a gross weight of NOT MORE THAN 50 POUNDS. 5. The special collections apply only to dwelling units and DO NOT INCLUDE COM- MERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PREMISES. Your co-operation is requested in having ail garbage out EARLY on your regular collection day. BECAUSE 0F THE VICTORIA DAY HOLIDAY FALLING WITHIN THE SPRING CLEAN-UP WEEK. THOSE RESIDENTS WHOSE GARBAGE WOULD NORMALLY BE COLLECTED ON MONDAY, MAY 18TH, 1981, ARE REOUESTED TO PUT OUT THEIR REFUSE AND SPRING CLEAN-UP WASTES ON TUESDAY. MAY 19TH, 1981. Rý A Kuwahara, P Eng. Drector of Publit. Works. Fý -ý -- - - - - -. - - ... 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